With a little help from my friends? Acculturation and mental health in Arabic-speaking refugee youth living with their families.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Refugee youth are often faced with the compounding challenges of heightened exposure to traumatic events and acculturating to a new country during a developmental period when their sense of self is still forming. This study investigated whether refugee youth's acculturation orientation (separation, integration, marginalization, and assimilation) is associated with depressive and posttraumatic stress symptoms and aimed to identify additional indicators of acculturation that may contribute to mental health.

Methods

A total of 101 Arabic-speaking refugee youths (aged 14-20 years), who were living with their families and attending school in Germany, took part in the study. They answered questions concerning traumatic exposure and posttraumatic stress symptoms, depre

SUBMITTER: Meyer C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10061544 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature